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ref. 131876Rome: C C. Champion 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. Bound at the rear are an additional 11 pages that include a complete Cast List and Unit List. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che" the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." A lesser known film in the director's oeuvre a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Blue wrappers as originally used. Title page present noted as copy No. 4 in pink manuscript ink with credits for screenwriters Brach and Polanski. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads. C C. Champion unknown
1973ref. 133028London: Harbour Productions / Cineman Films 1973. Collection of six vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film. In a film tailor made for his unique screen presence Price plays a Shakespearean actor who exacts bloody revenge on the critics who denied him an acting award using scenes from the Bard's plays as inspiration for each murder. An undeniably appealing cult crossover between high literature and lowbrow horror-comedy. A story set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Harbour Productions / Cineman Films unknown
ref. 132794Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1986. Archive of three title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1963 film. Also included are two fascinating autograph letters both elaborately designed and executed in a calligraphic style from Adler to author illustrator and editor Fridolf Johnson relating to Adler's work with Hitchcock. Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro. In addition to "The Birds" 1963 his credits include "Comanche!" 1956 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 "The Seven Year Itch" 1955 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "Psycho" 1960 "In the Heat of the Night" 1967 and "Justine" 1969. In 2012 an exhibition of Adler's work was organized by noted typographer and design historian Jill Bell at the American Advertising Federation Kansas City. In the first letter dated May 16 1986 Adler describes after touching on other topics meeting Hitchcock and then presenting him with layout ideas for the titles. He then goes into detail regarding his answer to a question about the techniques of artist Eric Gill stating that Hitchcock "was amazed" by this answer and after that would "request 'to be sure to bring that nice young man along" meaning Adler whenever he had a job for Adler's firm. The second letter dated June 10th 1986 focuses almost exclusively on Adler's work on "The Birds" going into some detail regarding both the creative and technical processes of producing hand lettered titles for films. He also describes Hitchcock as "an unusual person to work with. He was a master at what he did knew what he wanted and smoked the finest cigars." He then concludes the letter with some brief remarks on how his approach to title lettering evolved over the course of his career. The letters themselves are works of art executed in a variety of inks in Adler's detailed penmanship with Johnson's name on each in particular receiving full calligraphic treatment. Also included are draft title cards for the film stylistically similar to each other but much different from the titles used in the finished film. Two of the cards are marked as "camera ready" in manuscript colored pencil with titles executed in white paint on black board. The third card photo stat on black paper which accompanied the June 10th letter has been annotated by Adler on both the recto and verso explaining the in more detail the technical process of putting the lettering on film. Overall a significant collection of material illuminating a little explored aspect of film design with a direct and significant connection to a seminal work by a director known for personally overseeing all aspects of production. Each letter 19 x 24 inches single leaf rectos only. May 16th letter folded twice for mailing June 10th letter folded. Two long diagonal creases to the May 16th letter else both are Fine. Original mailing envelope for the May 16th letter included. "Camera ready" title cards 22 x 14 inches. Lightly rubbed and about Near Fine. Third card 18 x 4 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Godard Histoires du cinema. Universal Pictures unknown
1979ref. 132250New York: New Yorker Films 1979. Original US promotional window poster for the 1979 German film issued in small numbers by New Yorker Films who distributed Herzog's film in the US. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 11 x 17 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. New Yorker Films unknown
1979ref. 132786Los Angeles: Golan-Globus Productions 1979. Three original draft title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1979 film. Based on the 1960 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The three sketches show different approaches to the title all distinct from the final lettering design used. Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro. In addition to "The Magician of Lublin" his credits include "Comanche!" 1956 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 "The Seven Year Itch" 1955 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "Psycho" 1960 "The Birds" 1963 "In the Heat of the Night" 1967 and "Finian's Rainbow" 1969. In 2012 an exhibition of Adler's work was organized by noted typographer and design historian Jill Bell at the American Advertising Federation Kansas City. At the turn of the Twentieth century a Jewish stage magician and con man whose career has been ruined by womanizing gets one more shot at the big time by attempting to pull off a never before seen trick. Two leaves. First leaf: 19 x 18 inches. About Near Fine with creasing to the edges. Two designs executed in black ink on white paper with a manuscript notation to the side in blue pencil. Second leaf: 15.5 x 5.5 inches. Black ink on white paper. Near Fine with manuscript annotations in blue pencil. Golan-Globus Productions unknown
1990ref. 134461Los Angeles: Discovery Productions 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1949 Jim Thompson novel. The story of a small town movie theater owner who gets mixed up in a murderous love triangle with his wife and lover. Though a film from this script was never made the original Thompson story adapted by a different writer remains in possible development. Lacking front wrapper with a red rear wrapper. Title page present dated June 1 1990 with credits for screenwriter Birkin and novelist Thompson. 113 leaves photocopy. Fine condition bound with three gold brads. Discovery Productions unknown
1936ref. 132489Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1936. Original US herald for the 1936 film. Lang's first Hollywood film and second talkie considered one of his finest efforts and one of three films in 1936 that propelled Spencer Tracy to the upper echelons of stardom. An important precursor to film noir which would develop directly from the expressionist style Lang and others brought to Hollywood from Germany beginning in the early 1930s. 6.75 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine quite bright with a coupe of tiny closed tears and light creasing to the top edge. National Film Registry. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US Precursor. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1960ref. 132925Paris: Nouvelles Editions de Films NEF 1960. Three vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1960 French film. An anarchic Louis Malle comedy one of his finest films where ten-year-old Zazie from a provincial town escapes the custody of her cross-dressing Uncle George and sets out to explore Paris on her own-all while her mother is off spending time with a lover. Story set and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with very light toning. Criterion Collection 570. Nouvelles Editions de Films [NEF] unknown
1970ref. 134464Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft British script for the 1971 UK film. Working copy belonging to actress Billie Whitelaw SIGNED by Whitelaw on the front wrapper with her manuscript annotations throughout in pencil and red and blue ink. Included are four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the film. Director Stephen Frear's debut feature film and the first film to feature an original musical score by Andrew Lloyd Weber. A whodunit verging on spoof Albert Finney plays a standup comedian and aspiring private detective. When he advertises his detective services in the local newspaper he may actually have to solve a real mystery. Set in Liverpool and London and shot there on location. Tall orange studio wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1st October 1970 with credits for screenwriter Neville Smith. 123 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Good bound internally with three silver brads. Grant US. Indicator 37. Columbia Pictures unknown
1973ref. 133026London: Amicus Productions 1973. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film based on the novel "Fengriffen" by David Case. The ghost and severed hand of a 18th century servant terrorizes the descendant of the nobleman who maimed him along with the descendant's new wife. A darker and more serious film than the typical Amicus horror films of the era. A story shot on location in the UK. 8 x 10 inches. Photos slightly wavy Near Fine. Amicus Productions unknown
1961ref. 129837Los Angeles: Paul Kohner Inc 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Penelope" written for screen by Thornton O'Reilly. With a label from the Paul Kohner talent agency Hollywood CA and associate Ilse Lahn's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper Lahn also credited on the title page. A story set in ancient Greece at the palace of Odysseus involving Penelope daughter of Icarius of Sparta wife of Odysseus mother of Telemachus Telemach Telemachus Antinous Parakles and other Greek personalities. Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of how during her husband's long absence after the Trojan War many chieftains of Ithaca and nearby islands became Penelope's lovers. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. Title page present with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. 60 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock with the last leaf of text numbered 58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paul Kohner Inc unknown
1956ref. 132370Los Angeles: Bischoff-Diamond 1956. Draft script for an unproduced film. A story set aboard the USS. Missouri "The Mighty Mo" during WWII. Presnell would also write screenplays for "Screaming Eagles" 1956 also produced by Bischoff-Diamond "Legend of the Lost" 1957 "Conspiracy of Hearts" 1960 and "The Third Day" 1965. Light blue titled wrappers noted as copy No. 47 dated January 26 1956 with a credit for screenwriter Presnell Jr. Title page present with a credit for screenwriter Presnell Jr. 129 leaves mechanical duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 128. Pages Near Fine wrapper lightly toned and creased else Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Bischoff-Diamond unknown
1960ref. 134754Hollywood: Andrews-Vagemann Productions 1960. Two treatment scripts for an unproduced television series "The Brutes." Written by Jerome B. Thomas occasional writer for shows like "The Outer Limits" and the 1965 "Branded." This listing contains two scripts "HERE COME THE BRUTES" and "THE BRUTES: THE IDOLS I HAVE LOVED SO LONG." "HERE COME THE BRUTES" introduces the principle characters two whimsical womanizing electrical linemen traveling the country during the Great Depression and "THE IDOLS I HAVE LOVED SO LONG" is written about the linemen crew's confrontation with and attraction towards a fiery woman preacher. HERE COME THE BRUTES: Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Thomas. 21 leaves with last leaf of text unnumbered. Original typescript. Pages about Fine bound with two gold brads. THE BRUTES: THE IDOLS I HAVE LOVED SO LONG: Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Thomas. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Original typescript. Pages Near Fine unbound sheets. Andrews-Vagemann Productions unknown
1961ref. 134942Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1961. Final White script for the 1962 film "Escape from Zahrain" here under the film's working title "Zahrain" with ESCAPE FROM in manuscript ink just above it. Notations in manuscript ink and pencil on the front wrapper recto and verso though the associations are unknown. Based on Michael Barrett's 1960 novel "Appointment in Zahrain." A wanted revolutionary Brynner and his gang including a protege played by Sal Mineo travel through the desert in an attempt to elude the Arab security forces. A story set in the Middle East shot on location in the Mojave Desert in California. Self wrappers noted as FINAL WHITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 122 and production No. 11541 dated June 6 1961 with credits for producer-director Neame and screenwriter Estridge. Title page integral with front wrapper. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication dated variously 6/5/61 and 6/6/61. Near Fine overall bound with two silver brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1952ref. 135028Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1952. Vintage US program for the 1952 film. Autobiographically reflective of Chaplin's fears of being left behind in the fading vaudeville and silent film era "Limelight" depicts the final years of a washed up stage clown who briefly maintains an impossible relationship with a young dancer representative of a new generation of performers. The first and only time that Charlie Chaplin and fellow silent film star Buster Keaton would appear onscreen together "Limelight" is also notable for being the only Chaplin picture to win an Academy Award albeit for the original score of the 1972 re-release. 9 x 12 inches 16 pages saddle stapled two-color wrappers. Very Good plus with light rubbing at the extremities. Criterion Collectiopn 756. United Artists unknown
1962ref. 131830London: Albatross 1962. Shooting script for the 1962 film. Date notation of "12 Sept 1982" in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper label. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: "The Fur Collar" is the principal clue in a mystery involving an espionage ring. Reporter John Bentley assigned to the Paris beat does his best to route out the spies. When his enemies try to assassinate him Bentley pretends to be dead the better to work undercover. Martin Benson co-stars as Inspector Legrain Bentley's friendly enemy. Burgundy titled wrappers noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as Shooting Script in master scenes. 116 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internal prong binding. Albatross unknown
1966ref. 135039Beverly Hills CA: Oakmont Productions / United Artists 1966. Draft script for the UK film. Copy belonging to Lloyd Bridges presumed with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper verso. Based on a story by John Champion. Major Wilson Bridges is readying his troops for the journey across the English channel to invade Normandy with memories of disastrous previous missions haunting him. Captain Franklin Keir a British officer opposes the plan and has a personal vendetta against Wilson. The two are brought together when Franklin is slated to command the mine sweepers that transport Wilson's troops. Set in France shot on location in London. Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 3 dated November 29 1966. Title page present dated November 29 1966 with credits for screenwriter Hoffman and story writer Champion. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 17. Oakmont Productions / United Artists unknown
1963ref. 135122Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Final script for the 1964 film. Based on Herman Wouk's 1962 novel. Youngblood Hawke Franciscus is a Kentucky truck driver who comes to New York City to start a career as a writer. He meets editor Jeanne Green Pleshette who falls for him while putting together a book deal. Throughout his first three books his hops from woman to woman and book deal to book deal including a Broadway adaptation and an affair with a woman whose jealous husband intends to destroy Hawke. He returns to Kentucky to work on writing contracts pneumonia and realizes that Jeanne was the only woman he truly loved. Set in Kentucky and New York shot on location in New York. Self wrappers noted as FINAl on the front wrapper dated February 15 1963 with credits for screenwriter Daves and novelist Wouk. Title page integral with front wrapper DATE. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Near Fine overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1965ref. 135174N.p.: N.p. 1965. Draft script for an unproduced film. An undercover Israeli secret agent investigating war criminals turns out to be an ex-Nazi whose past has finally caught up with him. Untitled black wrappers. Title page present dated March 23 1965 with credits for screenwriter Vadnay and producer-director Weis. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound internally with a silver bar. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 129749N.p.: N.p. 1940. Draft script for an unproduced film. The daughter of a wealthy New York City businessman struggles over her position in life when she can't seem to choose between a wealthy British suitor and a middle class New York City police detective. She attempts to strike out on her own and work for her own money but the men in her life secretly protect her. Although it disturbs her when she finds out she's been watched over she eventually forgives them both and then must choose one to marry of course. Though similar in title to the 1944 King Vidor film "An American Romance" also written by Herbert Dalmas this script bears little to no resemblance in plot to that film and we must assume that this was an earlier less effective screenplay of Dalmas'. Pale yellow wrappers with credits for screenwriter Dalmas. 177 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1931ref. 135170Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1931. Post-production Screen Continuity script for the 1931 film. Based on the 1908 play "Father and the Boys" by George Ade. A comedy of errors in which a wealthy meatpacking company owner in Chicago has two sons both who treat their father's company as a means to their own extravagant ends. When he turns the tables evading his work responsibilities and traveling around with a French singer they fear that the singer is out to blackmail him. Pale blue studio wrappers dated April 27 1931 noting footage of 7000 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus condition. Fox Film Corporation unknown
1983ref. 130327N.p.: N.p. 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A divorce court judge awards a family's three children the house forcing the two parents to alternate living there every week. Of course the expected high jinx occur: Dad lets them be messy and eat junk food Mom requires they clean and eat green vegetables and the kids misbehave at every opportunity. Self wrappers with integral title page present dated January 17 1983 with credits for screenwriter Zindel. 15 leaves with the last leaf numbered 14. Photocopied. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 135186N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the novel by Charity Blackstock a pseudonym of Ursula Torday who is here mis-attributed as "Charity Blackstone." In a post-World War II French village a young Jewish survivor of a concentration camp and a girl away at finishing school experience a budding romance only to be stymied by a wealthy local Anti-Semite. Written by Decla Dunning who also wrote the adaptation for Orson Welles' 1946 film "The Stranger." Front wrapper integral with title page as issued with credits for screenwriter Dunning and novelist Blackstone. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. photocopy with typescript title page. Pages about Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1939ref. 129771N.p.: N.p. 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film. A kind but reclusive woman inherits the fortune of her father a man of dubious morals who was well known at Tammany Hall and with the assistance of the Devil believes she can help put things to rights in part by funding a performance of "Faust." Written by Sidney Howard who received widespread fame for his work on "Gone with the Wind." Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 15 1939 with credits for screenwriter Howard. 141 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 129717N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The story of a young girl whose emotionally disturbed mother commits suicide while the family is traveling to Mexico City by train and whose previously estranged oil baron father must then assume her care. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Victor Wolfson. 29 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
